Chapter 161: The Unreasonable Jiraiya

On the surrounding cliffs of the Valley of the End, the dense, hidden seals were dispelled.

A uniform unit of Konoha Ninja jumped down from the rock walls.

Seventeen thousand Konoha Ninja, with standardized equipment, neat and solemn attire, and perfectly synchronized movements—even their chakra fluctuations were coordinated—displayed an unprecedented sense of terrifying order.

Order is power!

After ninjas achieved transcendence based on chakra and rendered samurai obsolete, an ordered army had appeared once again.

This was the professional ninja army that Yamanaka Chujiu had painstakingly polished over three years.

These Konoha Ninja were at least at the Chunin level, and they had not taken a single mission for three full years—or rather, they had been executing training missions for three years.

Every day upon waking, the only thing they had to do was train.

Training in chakra refining, physical fitness, taijutsu, Ninjutsu, Genjutsu, ninja tools, and training in discipline and coordination.

Not the coordination of a small squad of three or five, but coordination on the scale of hundreds, thousands, and several thousands.

Three years, over a thousand days, training day and night without stopping.

Only then did this Konoha army of seventeen thousand, whose breathing seemed to have merged into one, come to be.

Also jumping down from the cliff walls of the Valley of the End were a large number of Mist Ninja.

They wore uniform blue outfits; except for the colors and the patterns on their headbands, they were exactly the same as the Konoha Ninja Army.

But their temperament was scattered, lacking any coordination, and they looked just like small fry.

That bad guy Yamanaka Chujiu had specifically invited these 3,000 Mist Ninja to assist, not because he needed them to participate in the battle as combat power.

His goal was to give Kirigakure a shock, to let the Mist Ninja who had finally caught their breath see reality clearly, and not be fooled into a limp by the Fifth Mizukage Terumi Mei.

Yamanaka Chujiu: See clearly, Konohagakure is the strongest, you are all trash!

But in the eyes of the samurai and ninjas of the Anti-Snake Alliance, it was the two great ninja villages of Konohagakure and Kirigakure combined, assembling a terrifying elite ninja coalition, surrounding them in the Valley of the End from a position of superiority with a crushing momentum.

The Anti-Snake Alliance army, which had originally taken the initiative to launch a surprise attack, turned out to be turtles in a jar, lured into a trap.

Yamanaka Chujiu walked out of the cave, slowly raised his head to look at the panicked members of the Anti-Snake Alliance, and sneered.

His tone was indifferent, without a ripple: "You're panicking already?"

"That shouldn't be; although my Konoha army has surrounded you, I am at least still within your encirclement, don't you intend to try something?"

"Forget it, looking at you, it's hopeless."

"Since the prey has fallen into the trap, then let the slaughter begin. Attack!"

At the order, the brilliance of Ninjutsu soared into the sky.

Fifteen thousand ninjas of the Konoha Ninja Army formed seals in synchronization, mobilizing chakra according to the same rhythm, and simultaneously cast the same Ninjutsu.

Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!

The roar of fifteen thousand fireballs expanding and flying exploded, and the entire Valley of the End was illuminated in an instant.

The Great Fireball Technique has immense power, but its speed is on the slow side; no one can hit an enemy with such a slow-speed Fire Release, so it is often called a trash Ninjutsu.

This Ninjutsu is used either to disrupt the line of sight at the start of a battle or to destroy the evidence after defeating an enemy.

The Konoha Ninja Army trained by Yamanaka Chujiu displayed the true usage of the Great Fireball Technique.

As long as the number of Great Fireballs is large enough, the slow speed is no longer a problem.

Because no matter where a ninja hides, there is a Great Fireball waiting for them; the ninja simply has nowhere to hide.

Boom—!!

Over ten thousand Great Fireballs landed and exploded, erupting with a deafening sound that ruptured eardrums.

The fireballs piled onto each other, completely covering the battlefield and turning it into a tragic Shura field of flames.

Thousands of coalition ninjas and samurai were hit by the Great Fireballs, torn to pieces on the spot by the shockwaves of the explosions, their broken corpses set ablaze.

"Summoning Technique!" x2

Before the Great Fireballs landed, Jiraiya and Tsunade performed the Summoning Technique, creating massive white smoke as the giant toad from Myoboku Mountain and the slug from Shikkotsu Forest entered the fray.

Using their sturdy bodies, they opened up a not-so-small safe zone amidst the bombardment of Great Fireballs, sheltering a large group of Konoha Ninja.

As for the ronin and samurai, they truly had no power to look after them.

"Summoning Technique!"

As Orochimaru's hoarse voice rang out, accompanied by an even larger scale of white smoke, the giant snake from Ryuchi Cave also entered the fray.

Orochimaru stood on Manda's head, stroking Manda's newly grown horns with his hand, and said with interest: "Jiraiya, and Tsunade, long time no see."

Jiraiya jumped onto Gamabunta's head, keeping level with Orochimaru, and then said sternly: "Orochimaru, turn back, don't keep making mistakes!"

Orochimaru rolled his eyes: "Ah, you foolish blockhead, you actually believe the nonsense of the Daimyo and think that I am the one who did wrong?"

"Tsunade, do you think so too?"

Tsunade stood on the slug, looking at Manda under Orochimaru's feet, and asked in return: "Orochimaru, what did you do to the great snakes of Ryuchi Cave?"

Orochimaru stepped on Manda beneath him and laughed: "Yamanaka Chujiu gave me new inspiration; I tested new ideas on the great snakes of Ryuchi Cave and achieved some new breakthroughs."

"The increase in strength is not the surprise; the change in life form is the most interesting part."

"Tsunade, I'll ask you one more time, do you think what I and Yamanaka Chujiu have done to Konohagakure is wrong?"

Tsunade was silent for a moment, then finally said: "I don't know."

Orochimaru nodded: "That is a sincere answer. Actually, I don't know if indulging Chujiu is right either, but I know that Sarutobi's way is definitely wrong."

Jiraiya rebuked angrily: "Nonsense, Sarutobi managed the village so well and took such good care of the villagers and ninjas, how could he be wrong?"

Orochimaru asked: "If Sarutobi wasn't wrong, then why is the Senju Clan gone? What about the Uzumaki Clan? Kato Dan, Nawaki, and so many other Konoha Ninja, why are they all dead?"

Jiraiya said: "That's because of the war!"

Orochimaru asked with a sneer: "Is the death of Hatake Sakumo also because of that?"

Jiraiya paused, then continued to argue: "That was because of Shimura Danzo..."

Orochimaru: "You know it was because of Shimura Danzo, so what punishment did Danzo receive?"

Jiraiya: "..."

Orochimaru: "A Hokage who refuses to punish perpetrators, a Hokage who never goes to the front lines during war, a Hokage whose every war leads to massive casualties—what exactly is so good about him?"

Jiraiya still wanted to argue: "Isn't it normal for people to die in war?"

Orochimaru pointed at Yamanaka Chujiu and said: "When my student commands a war, very few Konoha Ninja die."

"He helped me defeat Kumogakure and Kirigakure, and only 14 Konoha Ninja lost their lives."

"In the wars commanded by our dear teacher Sarutobi Hiruzen, how many Konoha Ninja lives were lost?"

Jiraiya did not know the specific number, but he knew how tragic the comparison was.

Therefore, he did not intend to argue, but instead went straight into battle.

"Orochimaru, you are simply wrong, and I am going to correct you!"